+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | On (13/10/05 20:38), William Ballard wrote: | | To: debian-user@lists.debian.org | From: William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:38:17 -0400 | Subject: Re: debian vs ubuntu and knoppix | | On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:21:28PM -0400, Chris Humphries wrote: | > I think everyone should try each out and then decide what is best for them. | > Most likely there will not be something that will fit everything, though | > debian is pretty close [it is used on most my production and development | > servers]. | | Yah but *eventually* the reason why Debian is Debian always becomes apparent, when it | comes time to upgrade.
Yes, upgrading debian is simplier in many cases, especially upgrading. Yet, I have been using these operating systems for years, I do not end up at debian like it is the end of enlightenment or something :) The ease in upgrading is definitely one of debian's strong suits. Having to upgrade ports due to zlib or openssl vuln is a pita, but it isn't that bad. For servers, there is not much that will not take a few minutes to do. Most things that take forever to compile are client side apps like kde and gnome. Definitely one reason I like debian is when a new version of something I use comes out, apt-get upgrade and done. Note the BSD's have binary package upgrading, too. Debian's is just more mature, but the job can get done. On Solaris, the pkg-get utility can also do what apt-get can do. Though the pkg-get repository is not as big, it does have most of what you may want/need, including workstation apps like gaim, firefox, and mplayer, etc. | | | -- | To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
